Tie adjuster and retainer



.E. A. SLACK.

TIE ADJUSTER AND RETAINER.

APPLICATION FILED 05c. 31, 192p.

Pat entedSept. 5, 1922.

lt atented fiepto 5, 11922.

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EDWARD ARTHUR SLACK, 015 AUCKLAND, ZEALAND.

TIE ADJUSTER AND RETAINER.

Application filed December 31, 1920. Serial No. 434,228. I

Auckland, 'New Zealand, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Tie Adjusters and Retainers, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to devices on which ties are made up and adjusted and by means of which said ties when made up are retained on collars without being passed around the latter.

The object of the invention is to provide improvements in such devices, whereby they can be easily and securely attached to the collars and at the same time are enabled to be readily removed therefrom.

According to the invention the adjuster and retainer which comprises a strip of thin celluloid, aluminum or other like material is formed with hook shaped ends adapted to enter and engage in slits in the collar near the ends of same. i

The slits inv the collar are located so that when the device is engaged therein the tie made up on the adjuster and retainer is held in its proper position at the front of the collar. j

The device can be made in forms to enalile the tie to be made up either in a sailors knot or as a bow.

In order to render the attachment of the device to the collar more secure and rigid, means for fastening same to the front stud of therollar is provided.

The invention will he more particularly described with reference to the accompanying drinvinp; in which Figure ii. is a perspective view of the front oi a collar having secured thereon an adjuster and retainer the tie being removed.

Figin'e 2 is a rear view of an adjuster and retainer with a tie thereon made into a bow.

Figures 3 and 4 are a rear and an edge view respectively of a further form of adjuster and retainer suitable for the forma-,

tion of how ties.

The adjuster and retainer consists of a strip 1 of thin light material curved and shaped to fit on the front of a collar 4 (Figure 1) and having hook shaped ends 2 adapted to enter and engage in slits 3'in the collar near the ends thereof. The ends 2. are tapered as shown to facilitate their entrance into the slitsB,

The adjuster and retainer foruse when a bow tie is to bemade and worn, can be in either of the forms shown in Figures 2 or 3 the tiebeing made up thereon as shown in Figure 2.

In the form shown in Figure 3 recesses- 11 are provided and efi'ectively preventend movement of the device, the "lower ends of the slits 3 engaging in the recesses.

Additional rigidity of the device on the collar is securedby attaching. a strip Son the back ofthe strip 1, said strip 8 when the device is in position on the collar projecting downwards behind the head of the front'stud 8 p Further means of attachment tothe front stud consists of a strip 9 on the back of the strip 1 as shown in Figures 3 and 4 said strip 9 having a keyhole slot 10 in the centre of its upper edge, adapted to pass upwards on the stud, atthe same time as the ends 2 are inserted in the slits3.

The forms of the device illustrated in the drawings can be used with single fold collars as well as with double collars, as the tie when made into a bow hides the adjuster and retainer and the slits 3. i

What I do claim and desire to obtain by a body shaped to fit the front of a collar,

supporting hooks carriedby the terminals of the hotv y adapted for insertion in slots form ed in a collar whereby to support the body in position thereon, and means carried by said body engageable beneath. the head of a collar button to assi st the supporting hooks in maintaining the body in operative position.

In testimony whereof I have afiixed iny signature in the presence of two witnesses.

EDWARD ARTHUR SLACK.

Witnesses: v 2

WILLIAM PINGHES, MARY PIQKINGLIN., 

